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in•sult

Pronunciation: (
—v.in-sult';
—n.in'sult), [key]
—v.t.
1. to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
2. to affect as an affront; offend or demean.
3. Archaic.to attack; assault.

—v.i.
Archaic.to behave with insolent triumph; exult contemptuously (usually fol. by on, upon, or over).

—n.
1. an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
2. something having the effect of an affront: That book is an insult to one's intelligence.
3. Med.
a. an injury or trauma.
b. an agent that inflicts this.
4. Archaic.an attack or assault.

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